St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-05
The Republicans Sure to Lose
Heavily On Their Prohibi-
ton Fanaticism.
Predictions On the United La
Dor Vote Not Very Easy
to Make.
Gen. Weaver Sulking in His
Tent--Where Registration
Is Heaviest.
Special to the Globe.

week OF Ten udAS dSO iHcIt NtIC HO
signs of political activity on either side.
The Republican managers had the usual
quota of speakers, large and small, upon
the stump, but the Democrats had
shown no signs of awakening. Chair
man Hunter, of the state committee,
had not been idle, however, and now
the results of his work are becoming
manifest. While the Republican states
men were busy lodging the prohibition
issue and abusing Cleveland. Hunter
was completing the best organization
the party has ever had in Iowa. He
placed himself in communication with
a complement of active Democrats in
every school district and unfOlded to
them cOmprehCn sive scheme to get
out the party vote on election day. The
necessity of getting out the vote was
impressed upon the worker and pledge
cXacted from each that he would put in
the day at the polls and in getting voters
OF his political faith out on election
day. This is a kind of work that has
never been done among Iowa Demo-
Gratis before. and the result can only be
cOniectured. If it should succeed in
getting out the vote the party will GER
tainly triumph on Tuesday, for
THERE Is GREAT APATHY
among the Republicans, and all the
speeches made have been that much
eIoquence wasted. \ heavy decline in
the Republican vote is a certainty. but
a large percentage of this loss will cut
both ways for the reason that it is a
temporary accession to the Democratic
strength. Iowa is suffering from bust
ness depression. While her sister states
on every side are prospecting. and the
cities of Omaha. st. Paul. Minneapolis
En11l.ac (Nitx- e inn 70 tho front
Iowa and her leading commercial towns
are in Il state of stagnatiOn. A failure
Of crops has had something to do with
this. but moi all. Prohibition has cut
large figure. The property owner in a
city sees his taxes constantly increaS-
ing and his income rapidly declining.
The labGring man knows that the pro-
greSS of building has been almost
stopped. street Improvements entirely
So, and steady employment is out of the
question. Prohibition is charged with
the responsibility of it, and the Repub-
lican party is responsible for prohibit
ton. There will be thousands of Re
pubicaEs who will vote the Democratic
state ticket without scratch next Tues
day, and thousands of others will
scratch Gov. Larrabee and vote for
Mai. Anderson. The element that
makes a reasonably close prediction of
the outcome difficult is
TIE LABOR VOTE.
The Union Labor party has ticket in
the field. At first the greenback ele-
ment. which follows the fortunes of
Gen. Weaver. failing to capture the
MarSlailt0Nn convention, declined to
support the ticket. The general. no
doubt, desired and expected to receive
tie Democratic nomination for gov
ernOr, but, failing in this he finally
compromised his troubles with the
Union Labor party by allowing the
greenback state committee to adopt the
ticket and platform and issuing an adj
dress advising the faithful to vote ac-
cordingly. Gen. Weaver has kept out
of the campaign almost wholly. making
but few speeches and those in the last
days. He has not advised his friends in
public or private to vote for Maj. An
GerSOn. although the latter was his
Staunch supporter in two previous cam
paignS for congress. As q result the
Democrats feel very sore towards Gen.
Weaver. They claim that, having three
times elected him 10 congress. he ought
at least to have shown some gratitude
when the time arrived that his help
could have materially aided them, as
they believe, in redeeming the state gov
eminent from the control of the Repub-
lican party They also mention the
fact that at Washington the general
poses as Democrat. that his influence
in the departments, which has enabled
him to obtain more
GOVERNMENT APPOINTMENTS
for his friends than all the other Demo
cratic congressman from Iowa COM
bined. has been obtained strictly upon
his professions of loyalty to Democracy,
and that by going into the Democratic
caucus and voting for Carlisle he OBJ
tanned the craftsmanship of the COM
mittee Oh expenditures in the interior
department. which enabled him to APP
point his son committee clerk at $1,000
per year. They say with a great deal of
force and feeling that the Democratic
party, having done so much for this
man. he certainly owes it something in
return, and declare that when he APP
pears i'll the Sixth district again next
year and asks for the bread of Demo-
cratic nomination he will he given the
stone of refusal. Gen. Weaver has
probably ended his public career by his
conduct in this campaign. The labor
ticket has no state organization worth
considering. 1t is strong in spots. how
ever, and may poll 10000 votes. 1t will
hurt the Democratic legislative ticket
in some localities, and the Republican
in others. In this respect hOnorS are
about even. But the state ticket will
be the loser by nearly the number of
votes The labor ticket receives. The
number will be more than compensated
for by accession of
LIBERAL REPUBLICANS.
The Democrats have been very care
full to cOnfine their discussions largely
to local issues. There has been but one
speaker imported from abroad. and that
was Congressman Melbourne ii. Ford,
of the Grand Rapids, Mich, district. He
has not hurt the cause any. Mr.. Ford
has been very conservative in his utter
anceS and very effective. He has heart
lily commended the administration of
President Cleveland, and especially of
the interior department as seen in the
conduct of the land and pension offices.
He has followed largely in the wake of
Senator Allison, speaking in many of
the places where the senator spoke, and
has administered to that distinguished
gentleman a succession of caStigationS
that have pleased all the Democrats and
the Blaine Republicans as well. Nothing
nicer i'll political discussion has been
heard in Iowa than Mr.. Ford's refuta-
ton of Allison'S charge that President
Cleveland had prostituted the civil ser
vice to base party uses. His reminder
that this accusation came from an active
member of the
JAY HUBBEIL ASSESSMENT
committee in 1882 quickened the MEN,
DRY of the Iowa voters, who had nearly
*OrgOtten the incident. He also cited
the fact that Hubbell's connection with
that assessment business had caused the
Republicans of Michigan to drive him
i'll disgrace from public life, while the
Republicans of Iowa had heaped honOrs
after hOnors upon the gentleman who
was his partner in the nefariOus bust
ness. While it is difficult to forecast
the result. it is apparent the Democrats
are confident and hopeful. The last day
of registration in the cities has seemed
to result favOrably to the Democrats.